French number one Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Friday said he stood by his comments that there was little or no hope this year of a Frenchman winning at Roland Garros for the first time since Yannick Noah in 1983.
The comments, made in Rome last week by the world number five, shocked many in France and drew fire from Noah himself who said that at the very least home players should “dream” of winning the only claycourt Grand Slam tournament.
